Coin-controlled machine.



' PATENTBD AHL-16, 1907. A. A. GAILLE, G. HAMILTON an. o. c. CUBRIR.;

- comL ooNTRoLLED MAGHINE.-

AFPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 11. 1905s` Ewa! y i l 1HE onlus Psrsns co..wAsmNcroN. u. c.

W. E. 4BUSER.

PATENTBD APR. 15. 1907.

BUTTON PROTECTOR POR TFTING MACHINES.

v APPLIUATION FILED Novnl. 1905;

2 SHEETS-SHEET '2.

. NiTnD sTaTns AUGUSTE A. CAILLE, GUY HAMHJTON MICHIGAN, ASSIGN ORS TOTHE C GAN, A COPARTNERSHIP.

FATENT GFFICE.

COlN-CONTROLLED IVIACHlNE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 16, 1907.

Application filed September l1, 1905. Serial No. 277,903.

To all whom, t irl/ay concern:

Beit known that we, AUGUSTE A. CAILLE, GUY HAMILTON, and O'ris C.CURRIE, citizens of the United States of America, residing at Detroit,in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Coin-Controlled M achines, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had therein 'to theaccompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in coin-controlled machines; andthe object of the invention is to provide simple and erlicient meanswhereby the course which the coin will take after unlocking or otherwiseoperating the mechanism is made uncertain and whereby the' coin will bereturned to the operator provided it passes into a certain path, way, orchannel, and if it does not will drop inside the vmachine and beretained as compensation forthe privilege of operating the machine.

A further obj ect of the invention is to provide a device having certainother new and useful features and embodying the several advantages ofthe particular construction,

arrangement, and combination of parts, all

as hereinafter more fully described, and shown in the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section of adevice embodying the invention; Fig. 2, a transverse section of theupper part thereof, showing the internal mechanism in rear elevation.Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail showing a front elevation of thecoin-delivery device, with parts broken away to show the con structionand Fig. 4 is a sectional detail of the same.

For convenience of illustration we have shown our invention as appliedto a ooincontrolled weighing-scale, the weighing mechanism of which isshownV in an application for I Letters Patent of even date herewith butwe do not wish to limit ourselves to such combination, as this inventionmay be used in connection with any com-controlled device.

As shown in the drawings, A represents the base or platform, B theupright column rising from the rear end of the base; and C the head orcasing on the upper end of the column, of any ordinary coin-controlledweighing-scale.

D is the weighing mechanism, which may be of any desired construction,and the operation of which is controlled by suitable levers E and F,projecting in to the coin-chute G in such a manner as to be moved by theweight of the coin falling thereon as it passes down the chute.

In the front side of the casing or column B is cut an opening l, of anydesired size and shape, and over this opening is secured a plate ofglass 2, which forms the front side of a laterally-enlarged portion 3 ofthe chute. On the inner face of the back plate 4 of this enlargement ofthe chute are secured a series of pins 5, arranged in any desired mannerand extending forward across the chute into contact with the glass. Edgestrips 6 close the sides of the enlargement, and the coinchute properopens into its upper end with a flaring mouth, so that the coin will notbe guided as it enters the enlargement, but will be free to take its owncourse.

Extending downward from two of the pins in the center of the lower endof the enlargement are two strips, which form between them a deliveryway or passage 7, leading to an opening 8 in the front wall of the case,below which opening is secured a cup 9 for catching the coins escapingtherefrom. A bell l0 is supported so as to project into the way adjacentto the opening and forms the rear side of the way below the back plateso that a coin passing down the way will strike the bell, and thus callthe attention of the operator to the return of the coin to him. Thelower end of the enlargement is left open, so that all coins which donot pass into the way will fall into a spout 1l, secured to the casingbelow said end. and be conducted to any suitable receptacle within themachine.

After the coin has moved the lever or levers so that the weighing orother mechanism may operate it enters the upper end of the enlargementthrough the flaring mouth of the chute and striking the pins takes azigzag course downward. The coin being unguided as it enters its courseis influenced by the manner and rapidity with which 1t has traversed thechute, and therefore two coins seldom take the same course. The numberof coins which will be returned to the Operators depends upon the numberof pins IOO and the size of the enlargement in proportion to the size ofthe open upper end of the delivery-way.

Having thus Jfully described our invention, what we claim isl. In acoin-controlled machine, the combination with the casing and means forcontrolling the operation of the machine adapted to be operated by acoin, of a coin-chute opening inside the casing, a way extending outsidethe casing and opening into the chute, and means within the chute abovethe open end of the way whereby the course which the coin will take ismade uncertain.

2. In a coin-controlled machine, the combination with a casing having anopening in its forward side, of a coinechute within the casing, a glassplate secured over the opening in the case and forming one side of anenlargement of the chute, a back forming the other side of saidenlargement and spaced from the glass with the chute opening into theupper end of said space, pins on the back extending across the space,strips extending upward into the lower end of said space and formingbetween them a way extending` through the front of the casing, a bellproi

